Three held at IGIA for quot;forgeryquot;

NEW DELHI, April 22: Three persons were arrested by police officials at the Indira Gandhi International Airport yesterday on the charge of forging the Emigration Check Not Required ECNR stamps on passports.

8220;On April 12, we nabbed five persons going to Lebanon with fake ECNR stamps on their passports,8221; said the Deputy Commissioner of Police Airport, A S Toor8220;On interrogation, they said that they had been promised jobs in Lebanon by Harbhajan Singh in Amritsar. We arrested him and brought him to Delhi,8221; he said. He then gave the names of his accomplices 8212; Joginder Singh and Rakesh 8212; who were arrsted last night,8221; said Toor.

According to him, Harbhajan Singh had taken Rs 1 lakh each from these youths to get them jobs abroad. Joginder Singh, reportedly Harbhajan8217;s uncle, procured the stamp through a travel agent, Rakesh. 8220;We are investigating to see whether an employee of the Passport Office is in any way involved in the case,8221; the DCP added.